The lionfish invasion in the Western Atlantic is understood to be one of the worst marine invasions in history, and they have recently just invaded the Mediterranean. Lionfish are a marine ‘pest’ species in invaded areas, mostly due to their venomous spines combined with their insatiable appetites. The devil firefish’s (Pterois miles) Mediterranean invasion began in 2012 in Lebanon and has since been rapidly spreading westwards. They are now found along Turkey’s entire southern coastline, first reported in Iskenderun Bay in 2015, and are now expanding into the Aegean Sea. New records here are presented for Turkey; in May 2019, two lionfish specimens (Pterois miles, [Bennet, 1828]) were caught in Bodrum, Turkey (Aegean Sea), and just one month later, they were found in Seferhisar (Izmir province), about 100 nautical miles north of Bodrum, now the most northern record for Turkey. They were already reported in the Greek Dodecanese Islands (situated between these two sites), showing their establishment in the area and the necessity for scientists from different countries to work together on accurate assessments. While a second lionfish species, Pterois volitans has recently been reported in Turkey, newer research has shown that P. volitans found in the invaded Caribbean region, is a hybrid species between P. miles and a Pacific lineage encompassing Pterois lunulata/russelii. Thus, in light of this new research, P. volitans should not be confirmed in the Mediterranean from morphological characters alone, which are highly variable, and genetic testing is required to decipher its identity. Along with these new records highlighting the recent expansion of the invaded range, lessons learned from the Caribbean invasion are provided to help prepare Mediterranean scientists and officials to better tackle this invasion. Two control methods are discussed to help reduce populations by getting them from the sea to plates: fishing and culling along with an introduction to local cuisines.

l鱼在西大西洋的入侵被认为是历史上最严重的海洋入侵之一，最近它们刚刚入侵了地中海。鱼是入侵地区的一种海洋“害虫”物种，主要是由于它们的毒刺和食欲不振。魔鬼火鱼（Pterois英里）对地中海的入侵始于2012年在黎巴嫩，此后迅速向西传播。现在在土耳其的整个南部海岸线都可以找到它们，2015年在伊斯肯德伦湾首次报道了这些生物，现在正扩展到爱琴海。这里显示了土耳其的新记录；在2019年5月，两个fish鱼标本（Pterois英里，[Bennet，1828]）在土耳其博德鲁姆（爱琴海）被捕，一个月后，他们在博德鲁姆以北约100海里的塞费希萨尔（伊兹密尔省）被发现，现在是土耳其最北的记录。已经在希腊多德卡尼斯群岛（位于这两个站点之间）中报告了它们，表明了它们在该地区的建立以及不同国家的科学家共同努力进行准确评估的必要性。而第二狮子鱼物种，蓑鮋属volitans最近在土耳其据报道，新的研究表明，P. volitans在侵入加勒比海地区发现，是一间杂交种P.英里和太平洋谱系包含蓑鮋属lunulata / russelii。因此，根据这项新的研究，不应仅从形态特征（高度变化的形态特征）中确认地中海假单胞菌，并且需要进行基因检测来破译其身份。这些新记录强调了最近入侵范围的扩大，并提供了从加勒比海入侵中汲取的经验教训，以帮助地中海科学家和官员做好准备，以更好地应对这一入侵。讨论了两种控制方法，这些方法可以帮助人们减少从海上到板块的人口：捕鱼和宰杀，以及对当地美食的介绍。